OLD teammates Terry Yorath and Peter Lorimer are looking forward to going head-to-head in the Carling Cup.

OLD teammates Terry Yorath and Peter Lorimer are looking forward to going head-to-head in the Carling Cup.

The international pair were stalwarts of the Leeds side which won the League championship in 1974 and reached the final of the European Cup a year later.

While Wales ace Yorath is now Town coach, Scotland star Lorimer is a Leeds director.

It's the first time Leeds have had to play in the first round of the competition.

But for Lorimer, the derby draw represents a welcome distraction from the everyday tribulations at Elland Road.

"It should be a big crowd," said Lorimer, who once faced Town in front of 46,148 at Elland Road (Leeds were 3-1 winners in April, 1972).

"We haven't played Huddersfield for a long, long time in a competitive match.

"The situation is, there is a lot of bad news coming out of Leeds at the moment.

"But (manager) Kevin Blackwell is building a new squad and we're all looking forward to the new season and this great tie makes it all the more exciting."

The revenue from the clash will also be welcome and Lorimer is hoping for a Cup run to lift Leeds' spirits following relegation.

He added: "It's important that we have a Cup run now that we're in the Coca-Cola." Yorath, who was with Leeds for a decade from 1967 onwards, is looking forward to the reunion.

He said: "I've got a big smile on my face.

"We'll take a big following over there and we'll fancy ourselves as we've had good results in the Cup recently.

"We went to Sunderland and beat them last season and we beat Derby here as well."

Leeds manager Kevin Blackwell, who kept goal for Town and cut his coaching teeth during Neil Warnock's management in the mid-Nineties, said: "It's the tie of the round by a country mile, and I can't wait.

"Going through the history books, there has always been a fierce rivalry, and this tie is bound to rekindle that."

Trevor Cherry, who played for both Town and Leeds in a lengthy career which also brought England honours, said: "I wouldn't like to pick a winner. Huddersfield is my home town, but Leeds are also very close to my heart."

Cherry was an associate director of Town and was part of a consortium which made an unsuccessful bid to gain control of troubled Leeds earlier this year.

"It was disappointing, because we had the interests of the club at heart," he said.